Device management system

• US 8,392,545 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2004
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Hallamaa, Mika, Sahinoja, Mikko, Kaappa, Eero
• Primary Examiner(s): LI, GUANG W
• Application Number:
  US10/966,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015626A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,063 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for arranging service management in a service management system, the method comprising: defining one or more device management commands on the basis of predetermined mapping instructions and a service management command, transmitting the device management commands to a managed device, specifying in the managed device one or more service management commands on the basis of the received device management commands, and carrying out the defined one or more device management commands.

Claims

1. A data processing device, comprising:

A memory including a computer program code, and

at least one processor, the computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the data processing device at least to;

define one or more service management commands for one or more managed devices, the one or more service management commands being a command from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components;

encapsulate the one or more service management commands with one or more device management commands corresponding to the one or more service management commands, the one or more device management commands being from a device management server to a device management client of a managed device and to a node in a management structure, the node being for deployment component information, wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the managed device and executed by the managed device without mapping instructions at the managed device; and

control transmission of the one or more device management commands defining the one or more service management commands to the managed device, wherein the one or more device management commands are used for serving the transmission of the one or more service management commands.

2. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein a service management server is further configured to define the device management commands.

3. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the device management server is configured to define the one or more device management commands.

4. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more service management commands comprises a plurality of subtasks and is mapped into a plurality of device management commands.

5. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the data processing device is configured to address the device management command to a specific node in the management structure of the managed device for inventory of the deployment components.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the management structure is an Open Mobile Alliance device management tree and the device management commands are Open Mobile Alliance device management commands.

7. A data processing device, comprising:

A memory including a computer program code, and

at least one processor, the computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the data processing device at least to;

receive by a device management client one or more device management commands of a device management server to a node in a management structure for deployment component information;

retrieve one or more service management commands from the one or more received device management commands, the one or more service management commands being from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components, wherein the one or more device management commands are used to encapsulate the one or more service management commands, wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the service management client and executed by the service management client without mapping instructions at the service management client; and

at least one of monitor and perform the one or more service management commands.

8. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein the service management client is configured to carry out the one or more service management commands on the basis of a modification in the management structure due to execution of the one or more device management commands.

9. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein the device management client is configured to notify the service management client on the basis of the one or more received device management commands.

10. The data processing device according to claim 9, wherein the service management client is configured to carry out the one or more service management commands on the basis of a notification from the device management client.

11. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein the service management client is configured to modify the management structure in accordance with the specified one or more service management commands.

12. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein in the management structure, the deployment component is associated with a state describing the current status of the deployment component.

13. The data processing device according to claim 12, wherein the management structure comprises a specific node for indicating the state of the deployment component.

14. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein the management structure comprises a specific inventory node for arranging inventory of the deployment components, and

the data processing device is arranged to carry out inventory of existing deployment components in response to a device management command to the inventory node.

15. The data processing device according to claim 7, wherein the management structure is an open mobile alliance device management tree and the device management commands are open mobile alliance device management commands.

16. The device of claim 7, wherein the service management command is identified in the management device on the basis of one or more modifications of the management structure.

17. The device of claim 7, wherein the service management command is specified in the managed device on the basis of mapping information in the managed device and the received one or more device management commands.

18. A method comprising:

defining, by a managing device, a service management command for a managed device, the service management command being a command from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components;

encapsulating the service management command with one or more device management commands corresponding to the service management command;

transmitting the one or more device management commands defining the service management command to the managed device, the one or more device management commands being from a device management server to a device management client, to a node in a management structure, the node being for deployment component information, wherein the one or more device management commands are used for serving the transmission of the service management command, wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the device management client and executed by the device management client without mapping instructions at the device management client.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the device management command is addressed to a specific node in the management structure of the managed device for inventory of the deployment components.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the management structure comprises a specific node for indicating the state of the deployment component.

21. A non-transitory data storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program comprising computer program code for, when executed in a processor of a data processing device, causing the data processing device to:

define a service management command for a managed device, the service management command being a command from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components; and

encapsulate the service management command with one or more device management commands corresponding to the service management command, the one or more device management commands being from a device management server to a device management client, to a node in a management structure, the node being for deployment component information, wherein the one or more device management commands are used for serving the transmission of the service management command, wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the device management client and executed by the device management client without mapping instructions at the device management client.

22. A non-transitory data storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program comprising computer program code for, when executed in a processor of the data processing device, causing the data processing device to:

retrieve one or more service management commands from one or more received device management commands from a device management server to a device management client and to a node in a management structure for deployment component information, the one or more service management command being a command from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components, wherein the one or more device management commands are used for serving the transmission of the service management command, and wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the service management client and executed by the service management client without mapping instructions at the service management client; and

at least one of monitor and perform the one or more service management commands.

23. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device management client, one or more device management commands from a device management server and to a node in a management structure for deployment component information;

retrieving one or more service management commands from the received one or more device management commands, the one or more service management commands being from a service management server to a service management client to manage one or more software components, wherein the one or more device management commands are used for serving the transmission of the service management command, wherein the one or more service management commands are encapsulated with the one or more device management commands such that the one or more service management commands can be retrieved from the one or more device management commands at the service management client and executed by the service management client without mapping instructions at the service management client; and

executing the retrieved one or more service management commands in the managed device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein

the device management client carries out the one or more received device management commands, and

the service management client carries out the retrieved one or more service management commands on the basis of a modification in the management structure due to execution of the one or more device management commands.

25. The method according to claim 23, wherein the management structure comprises a specific inventory node for arranging inventory of the deployment components, and

inventory of existing deployment components is carried out in response to a device management command to the inventory node.

26. The method according to claim 23, wherein the management structure comprises a specific node for indicating the state of the deployment component.